Improvement in needle-cases



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I n Y H M w PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO NAUEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN NEEDLE-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,029, dated October 19, 1875; application tile April 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO NAUEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have nvented a certain new and uset'ul Improvement in Needle-Cases, of which the following is a speciiication This invention is illustrated in the accompan ying' drawing, in which- Figure l represents a vertical section. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, showing a plan ot` the needle-case.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates` to needle-cases having a series ot' cells to receive needles of various sizes, and having a cap with an aperture which, when properly adjusted, admits of droping out the needles.

My invention consists iu providing. the cap with one or more rounded or inclined protuberances on its inner surface, and combining therewith a spring, which has a tendency to draw the cap down on the case in such a manner that the rounded or inclined protuberances are held in the end of the needle-cells, and by this means actas a stop to prevent the cap from automatically rotating' or shit'ting its position. When the cap is forcibly rotated, in order to adjust its aperture to dit'- ferent cells, the rounded or inclined protuberances spring from one cell to another, and by retarding the cap, indicate when a-,cell is reached.

In the drawing,r the letter A designates my case, which is preferably made cylindrical," and which has a series of needle -cells, B, near the edge. These several cells are designated by iigures or characters marked on the side ot' the case opposite to the cells.

On the top ot' the case is fitted a cap, O, which has an aperture, a., serving to let out the needles from either of the cells when the aperture is adjusted thereto. One ot' the spaces alloted to the cells B is lett blank, or is made with a superficial socket, D, Fig. 3, (to accommodate rounded or inclined protuberances, next referred to,) so that by adjusting' the aperature a above the blank D, the needlecells are severally closed by the cap. In the cap are stamped, or otherwise formed, studs or rounded or inclined protuberances E of the diameter, or nearly so, of the needle-cells B. When the cap is secured in place the studs occupy the upper portion of the cells B, and by the action of a spring, F,

connected to the cap, and which has a ten. dency to: draw the cap toward it, the studs are tightly held down. The cap, however, is capable oil being rotated, and the studs ot' being sprung out otl place against the action of the spring, so that the aperture a may be set to dilferent cells. When the cap is rotated thestuds E simply spring from one cell to another, the studs and cells being at like distances apart, and by slightly retarding the studs, indicate when a cell is reached. By this arrangement the cap can be adj usted with the utmost facility.

The spring F is connected to the cap O by means ot' a pin, G, which constitutes a center on which the cap O turns, which has a head, b, located above the cap, and a bottom plate, c, located beneath the spring. Between the cap and spring is interposed a plug, H, which is cemented or otherwise secured in a hole formed in the case.

In putting the parts together I pass the piu G through the cap O, thence loosely through the plug H, affix -thespringF audits stop-plate c, and then fasten the plug, when the case is in a finished condition.

It is obvious that a single stud, E, will have the same ett'ect as a number ot them, as in the present case shown, and I do not wish to restrict myself to any number.

What I claim as new, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. The needle-case, having a series of cells, B, iu combination with the pins G, spring j', and perforated cap C, having flanges overlapping the body of the needle-case, and constructed with one ormore rounded or inclined protuberances, E, substantially-as described, for the object specified.

2. The combination, with the needlecase, having a series of cells, B, and a perforated cap, having one or more protuberances, E, of

the plug H, pin G passing through the cap and plug', and having an enlarged bottom head, and the spring F applied to said pin between the lower end of the saine and the plug, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of February, A. D. 1875.

OTTO NAUEN. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

